Crap Towns / Chippenham / Pollution incidents
How often does Chippenham get polluted?
8 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Chippenham or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 139th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in December 2025 and put waste oil and vehicle parts on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Waste oil and vehicle parts | On the land | Significant |
| February 2025 | Atmospheric pollutant or effect | In the air | Significant |
| April 2024 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| March 2024 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Major |
| February 2024 | Kerosene | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| September 2023 | Smoke | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| June 2023 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| December 2022 | Pesticides | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Calne | 9.4 km | 15 |
| Chippenham | – | 8 |
| Devizes | 15.4 km | 4 |
| Trowbridge | 15.7 km | 4 |
| Corsham | 5.6 km | 3 |
| Melksham | 9.2 km | 3 |
| Bath | 18.9 km | 2 |
| Malmesbury | 14.3 km | 2 |
| Royal Wootton Bassett | 18.3 km | 2 |
| Tetbury | 20.4 km | 1 |